1. to draw blood from a vein, typically for medical testing or donation
Usage: medical/clinical term; transitive verb

Examples

• The nurse will phlebotomize you before the surgery to collect blood samples.
• Patients are phlebotomized during their annual physical examination.
• The technician phlebotomized the donor in preparation for the blood drive.
• To diagnose the infection, the doctor ordered that the patient be phlebotomized.
• Blood banks phlebotomize volunteers to collect units for transfusions.